# rickyrauch/Balloons.IO

Balloons.IO is a web multi-room chat server and client ready to use. It’s built with the help of node.JS, Express, Socket.IO and Redis. Balloons uses PassportJS for authentication with Twitter and Facebook

Repository: https://github.com/rickyrauch/Balloons.IO
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/balloonsio
Homepage: http://balloons.io
Language: CSS
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-10-30T20:02:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5478, "days_push": 2864, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2345, forks 482 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:39.832803+00:00)

## What it is
Balloons.IO is a ready-to-use multi-room web chat server and client built with Node.js, Express, Socket.IO, and Redis. It uses PassportJS for authentication via Twitter and Facebook.

## Use cases
- self-host a multi-room chat server
- add real-time chat to a website
- chat app with Twitter and Facebook login
- learn Socket.IO and Redis by example
- run a private chat room for a team

## When to choose
- you want a ready-made self-hosted chat with social login
- you need a simple Socket.IO chat reference implementation

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with security updates
- you need OAuth providers other than Twitter or Facebook
- you need mobile apps or modern chat features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-server, websocket, auth, chat-interface
- domain: web-development, messaging-platforms, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: chat-server, socketio, redis, passportjs, multi-room-chat, express, real-time, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- rickyrauch/Balloons.IO (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:39.832803+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:37:03.539283+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rickyrauch/Balloons.IO (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:39.832803+00:00, sha ed24131002d0)
  - homepage: http://balloons.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:36.437617+00:00, sha 87317ddb58d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.